Vermonters By Choice is an occasional column about people who, like Ethan Allen, came to Vermont from away. Every year, the Select Board of my town nominates a person or persons to be honored with the dedication in the Town Report. This year they chose Laura and Fred Bacon, and they asked me to write […]
Vermonters by Choice
Vermonter By Choice: Murphy Robinson
One of the things Vermonter By Choice Murphy Robinson likes about her adoptive state is how Vermont’s Constitution grants its citizens “liberty in seasonable times, to hunt and fowl on the lands they hold and on other lands not inclosed [sic] . . . under proper regulations.” She thinks this guarantee is consonant with Vermont’s […]
Vermonter By Choice: Vincent Panella
Vermont has long been a refuge for writers like my neighbor Vincent Panella, a Vermonter By Choice, who says that Vermont allows him the quiet and solitude he needs to write. Even though he lives in Vermont, he often writes about Queens, where he was born to parents, who were first-generation immigrants from Italy. Panella has […]
VERMONTER BY CHOICE: Vicky Senni
Vicky Senni’s life reads like a fairy tale: One day while working as a quality engineer for a multinational corporation, she fell asleep at her microscope, so she switched to teaching children about nature and couldn’t sleep at all. After substitute teaching in Cleveland during the school year and leading teens on service learning trips to […]
Vermonters By Choice Open Newfane Village Yoga
A year ago, Vermonters By Choice Jen Frey and Dave Jones opened Newfane Village Yoga. Like a lot of Vermonters By Choice, Jen and Dave came to Vermont as weekenders before moving here for good. After four urban years working in London, even their home in Boston felt cramped, and they longed for more space. […]